Definition of zeolite Zeolite

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What does zeolite mean?

Noun Plural: zeolites
zeolite - any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks
		mineral solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
		water softener a substance (such as sodium chloride) that lessens the hardness of water by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions and so gives the water more efficient sudsing power
		chabasite, chabazite a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum
		heulandite a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium
		natrolite a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum

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zeolite (Noun)
Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure; they are used in water softener s and in ion exchange chromatography .

zeolite (n.)
A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.